Le Mans 24 Hours winner to drive the Audi R18 e-tron quattro up the hillclimb
at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Allan McNish will drive the Audi R18 in which he, Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval won the Le Mans 24 Hours three weeks ago at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The 2013 Le Mans-winning R18 e-tron quattro sports prototype, featuring Audi's latest hybrid-diesel drivetrain, in Goodwood's class for Post-Group C prototypes. It takes to the 1.16-hillclimb course ahead of the car that gave it a run for its money at Le Mans, the Toyota TS030 petrol-hybrid.

These Le Mans protagonists are scheduled to do demonstration runs only, but another car that took part in the 24 Hours, the Lola-Toyota B12/60 entered by Rebellion Racing, is going for a timed run. More significantly, it will be driven by Nick Heidfeld, who still holds the course record of 41.6sec, set in 1999 in a Formula One McLaren.

McNish, Kristensen and Duval earned Audi its 12th Le Mans victory since its debut there in 1999, added a second consecutive hybrid-diesel powered victory to triumphs achieved with petrol and diesel power. The R18's 3.7-litre V6 TDI single-turbo diesel engine, further restricted to 483bhp this year, is backed up by two electric motors capable of transmitting the best part of 200bhp of additional power to the front wheels using energy generated under braking.

McNish, who has now won Le Mans three times (this year's win was Kristensen's ninth), said: "It'll be an honour for me to drive the Audi that Tom, Loïc and I drove to victory at Le Mans. I've attended Goodwood on numerous occasions and with a career in motorsport spanning over 30 years, I can confirm there is no other event like it anywhere in the world."